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Sprint reveals its first 4G LTE markets

Heads up, Sprint customers: CEO Dan Hesse has just announced the first markets that'll be gifted with*LTEfrom the Now Network. As per the official*@SprintTwitter account, the first cities with Sprint LTE coverage will be Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, all of which are expected to be lit up by the middle of the year. Those markets will be seeing some 3G network upgrades as well.Sprint*announced*way back in October that it would official make the move from WiMAX to LTE for its 4G network, saying that it planned to begin rolling out LTE coverage by mid-2012, so it sounds like the carrier's transition to LTE is going smoothly so far. It's not yet clear exactly when the residents of Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio will be riding the Sprint LTE airwaves or if any other markets will be joining them by midyear, but more details should be revealed as we dive deeper into 2012. Stay tuned.
Source: http://www.phonedog.com/2012/01/05/sprint-reveals-its-first-4g-lte-markets/
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It's good to be in Atlanta. Even WiMax 4G is pretty decent here.

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It's good to be in Atlanta. Even WiMax 4G is pretty decent here.
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I can't wait till it gets to New Orleans i'm getting the first lte phone that come out
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san antonio represent HOLLA

Hell yeah! Houston always first <3
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LA gets nooooo love! ;(

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LA gets nooooo love! ;(
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LA?! Hell AZ hasn't even gotten any wimax love from Sprint.
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Bah, no New York, no care.
But seriously this is decent enough news. Hopefully all areas will see 3G updates.

Hell. Yeah I am in Dallas
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Hopefully, LTE will be in Orange County, CA by beginning of 2013.

Loll Texas get crazy loll
Heck I'm in a small town here and we have crazy good 4g at top speeds
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Sweet by mid 2012 Sprint will be rocking LTE in 3 markets and Verizon will have added 14 more

auau465121 said:
I can't wait till it gets to New Orleans i'm getting the first lte phone that come out
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I'm right there with you! Can't wait until it gets to New Orleans!
Geaux Saint's and Geaux Tigers and Geaux 4G LTE!!!!

Can't hate, I know Seattle will eventually get it and Wimax will suffice til then.
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too little to late, wish sprint would at least give me a better 3g since is slower then cricket sometimes...

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too little to late, wish sprint would at least give me a better 3g since is slower then cricket sometimes...
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yeah no doubt but I'm going to stick with them.
Good news for att custmers though , They have LTE in 26 markets as of today - http://www.phonedog.com/2012/01/05/at-t-expands-its-4g-lte-network-to-11-new-markets/
Im thinking Sprint will come close to that mark by end of 2012 if lucky.....very very lucky

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LA?! Hell AZ hasn't even gotten any wimax love from Sprint.
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My thoughts exactly No 4g, lucky to get 300k 3g

The silicon valley doesn't get any?? Shucks mayne.
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eao1991 said:
LA?! Hell AZ hasn't even gotten any wimax love from Sprint.
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Well, that's not totally correct, there actually is 4g at 83rd & McDowell. Plus they've got it in flagstaff and globe.

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Well, that's not totally correct, there actually is 4g at 83rd & McDowell. Plus they've got it in flagstaff and globe.
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Seriously?! Huh i have to ask a buddy of mine then up in flagstaff. However, how the hell could flagstaff and globe get 4G before Tucson? I heard there is an area in Tucson that gets 4G every once in a while but i haven't had any luck.
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UPDATED: POST YOUR SPEEDS HERE! Sprint LTE is live! Post your screenie for all of us not in the initial roll out areas to drool over!
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Has anyone had or seen LTE service with Sprint on their GS3 yet?

Yes, only as they are testing tho. They have not turned them on to us yet. Very Promising!! More info a S4GRU.com.

It's comforting to know that after I receive my 32GB, I will just replace refreshing the myorder site multiple times a day with refreshing the spring coverage map multiple times a day.

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It's comforting to know that after I receive my 32GB, I will just replace refreshing the myorder site multiple times a day with refreshing the spring coverage map multiple times a day.
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Your sick!! lol

Not too long ago I had been seeing several random places popping up with network testing going on happening somewhat frequently, but lately it seems to have gone quiet. Wonder if it's the calm before the storm.
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Those upload speeds look promising. Hopefully once they get LTE up and running smoothly we'll maybe get to see some speeds like these AT&T & T-Mobile guys are posting. :jealous:
EDIT: Case in point:
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Dang.
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I'm surprised there isn't more chatter about Sprint's LTE plans on this forum. I think the success or failure of the NV program will make or break this phone, and Sprint itself. For sure it affects my own decisions about both. The timing will be critical.
p.s. I second the recommendation about the s4gru.com site. It is must reading for anyone who cares about the Sprint rollout, and who wants to make an informed choice. There is also a deep font of knowledge there about RF stuff.

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I'm surprised there isn't more chatter about Sprint's LTE plans on this forum. I think the success or failure of the NV program will make or break this phone, and Sprint itself. For sure it affects my own decisions about both. The timing will be critical.
p.s. I second the recommendation about the s4gru.com site. It is must reading for anyone who cares about the Sprint rollout, and who wants to make an informed choice. There is also a deep font of knowledge there about RF stuff.
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I agree 100%. The rollout of NV & LTE is the crux of Sprint as a network thus far. Def going to be a make or break time for Sprint in the next few quarters, especially with regard to timing. They need to make a significant impact, and soon.
Also, just saw where Buffalo, NY got some love.
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July 15 launch date for Sprint's first LTE markets
Sprint to Unleash the Speed and Power of 4G LTE in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and San Antonio on July 15
--Sprint press release

Anyone know what to expect as far as battery consumption goes once LTE goes live? Will it be on par with what we see now on 3g or 4g? Better, worse? Ideas?
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It will be the same as 3G. It will switch and run like it too. Just faster. It will be nice. Stronger and at 1900. Nothing like Wimax. They tested out at Alliance in Ft worth. Been playing with it a lot.
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So you're an actual tester?!?
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Just while they had it on. It was up for almost 2 weeks.
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Someone in another thread was talking about Sprint's backhaul revisions & how much difference this was going to make during the rollout. Anyone with some insight in this area care to comment? What can we realistically expect to see?
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Two more weeks til LTEween, LTEween, LTEween. Two more weeks til LTEween. Silver Shamrock!
Also, how are people seeing LTE testing? Did you get into settings and change your network to LTE/CDMA? I don't see an LTE radio option (yet) on my sammy. I'm assuming Sprint will push out some update with their LTE light-up (which is also why I'm holding off with root).

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Looks no better than T-Mobile's HSPA+ network.
oh well, still better than the 0.60 Mbps I'm currently getting in Phoenix =/

caileb said:
Looks no better than T-Mobile's HSPA+ network.
oh well, still better than the 0.60 Mbps I'm currently getting in Phoenix =/
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I'm averaging .2-.3Mbps in hawaii...disppointing. In San Fran when I was on vacation, I was getting 1.2-2Mbps in the Grand Hyatt. It felt like I was back on T-Mobile lol

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Two more weeks til LTEween, LTEween, LTEween. Two more weeks til LTEween. Silver Shamrock!
Also, how are people seeing LTE testing? Did you get into settings and change your network to LTE/CDMA? I don't see an LTE radio option (yet) on my sammy. I'm assuming Sprint will push out some update with their LTE light-up (which is also why I'm holding off with root).
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Lol @ Silver Shamrock! Once in a while that song'll be going through my head and I'll wonder how it got there. Then it takes me forever to get it out of my head...like now! :banghead:
Not GS3 related, but the EVO LTE shipped with the LTE/CDMA setting enabled so some people with it (or who had it before the GS3) may be able to get the LTE signal in an area that's been going through testing.
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Expect greatness.
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Philadelphia and LTE

Hey, has anybody noticed any lte testing in philly area? Does anybody know if we're next for the turn on?

yes I get LTE in Northeast today, just a moment.

Good to know that even if for a moment, I will have LTE

This is great news! I wonder if the signal will be strong enough yo reach me across the bridge and up near Burlington city. Maybe I won't be limited to get it when I go in for food or Phillies. lol
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rofl i called an at&t rep today and asked him to give me a guesstamate of when lte will be available in jersey he says to me "Im going to be honest with you sir..... you live in jersey....... jerseys always last....." lmfao i wished i could shoot myself

Take this with a grain of salt, but I know a well ranked agent who is pretty close with a certain "Tiffany" who some of you may have heard of, and supposedly the Phila switch is going to be flipped sometime in the third week of August. Don't get your hopes too high because there are bound to be hiccups along the way, but I'm sure I'll hear more as we move into August. CANT WAIT!!!
Edit: Just in time for shared everything plans lol.. At least it's going to be optional.

How will I be able to tell if I have LTE active will it say it next to the 4G icon?
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Yes it will show LTE by the signal strength in status bar.
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Yes it will show LTE by the signal strength in status bar.
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No clue who Tiffany is, but LTE while drinking Margaritas is good enough for me if true.

Oo I'm excited then because the hspda in my area is a nice speed
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lte
I want LTE in Sacramento, Verizon has it.so ATt shouldnt be to far behind them.

They just turned it on last week in my area
South Florida

You guys that live in the areas where it is turned on, how fast is it compared to the regular 4G
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Waiting for ATT - LTE here in Salt Lake - By the years end is all we hear..
Had 45mbps downloads in Phx on LTE damn.. I need that - lol

Damn 45mbps down? Wtf
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You guys that live in the areas where it is turned on, how fast is it compared to the regular 4G
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well i was never technically on 4g down here but i went from about 6-8mbps to 20 mbps
they turned it on from miami north to west palm and I am in the most northern part so im assuming the fort lauderdale - miami area probably has the better speeds than i do here, but it is alot faster

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well i was never technically on 4g down here but i went from about 6-8mbps to 20 mbps
they turned it on from miami north to west palm and I am in the most northern part so im assuming the fort lauderdale - miami area probably has the better speeds than i do here, but it is alot faster
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I cannot wait until it gets turned on I Philadelphia
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Same here I'm in Philadelphia. Don't quite get why at&t skipped us in the first deployment.
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Metro areas that had "sufficient" 3G coverage were automatically skipped through the first and sometimes second pass of LTE implementation.
Squeakiest wheels got the grease first, is what I've heard and read.
Incidentally, don't be too upset about this, as LTE (from personal experience) has not been all that great anyway. I've been in Chi, Miami/Ft.Laud, DC and Baltimore and only in one of those markets (frigging Baltimore of all places!!) was I getting better than 11Mbps down and better than 6Mbps up (i got 17Mbps down, 10Mbps up). Both DC and Miami/Ft.Laud were marginally slower than my home WiFi which is typically around 10Mbps down and 6Mbps up, and Chicago was absolutely pathetic all three times I've been there since Feb, coming in roughly on par with Philly-area HSPA+/4G.
Incidentally, my experience has been with this phone as well as my Note i717, both top-end devices.
Plus, remember that even a strong LTE signal (let alone a weak one, god forbid....) will drain the piss out of your battery, a heck of a lot quicker than good old fashioned HSPA+.
Just my $.02.
-Ryan

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So I'm at the Norristown Transportation center and I got LTE for a quick second but couldn't take ****ing screen shot with that motion bull****
EDIT: I got it to work and it came back just in time.
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LTE in CINCINNATI!!!! (Kinda has a ring to it)

Never have had the opportunity to use LTE before. Its never been available in an area I've lived. Tonight I went out to my car on break at my job and I seen something I had never seen before in my status bar. Ran a speed test and got 30mb/s download!!!! Love it Wondering if anyone else in Cincinnati , Ohio or Northern Kentucky are seeing LTE for the first time?
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I'm in Toledo, I hope we get it soon.
Edit: Says by the end of the year! To excited!!
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Ya, I seen an article a week or 2 ago that showed some new cities that were set to get it and Cincy wasn't on the list but we were on a list of cities scheduled to get it by the end of 2012. I guess Christmas cam early. Lol.

Hey tiffany. I was going to post the same thing last night. #awesomesauce. I saw it waiting for the wife at her job in Fairfield yesterday and tested it on her phone too.
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I got to use it in Cleveland about two months ago. I topped out at 43 down. I live in Columbus so I'm still waiting. I see that they've installed the LTE panels, I'm just waiting for it to be turned on. Any day now!

I'm hoping we get it soon too, I live in Newark just east of Columbus, HSPA+ is good enough for me right now I top out at 12mbs down
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I am getting very good numbers on my speed test results. They are comparable to Verizon LTE.

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Hey tiffany. I was going to post the same thing last night. #awesomesauce. I saw it waiting for the wife at her job in Fairfield yesterday and tested it on her phone too.
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Ya, its awesome. I came from Sprint so when I first switched to AT&T and had HSPA+ I did a speed test and got like 7mb/s when I was use to getting like 300kb/s. I started freaking out when I seen that. Now seeing 20-30mb/s is just insane to me. Glad I'm not the only one and I hope its not just some test where it gets switched back off.
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Tiff covington and down town cincy always is a hot spot for me around the stadium... only thing is i have not heard of them talking LTE
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Never have had the opportunity to use LTE before. Its never been available in an area I've lived. Tonight I went out to my car on break at my job and I seen something I had never seen before in my status bar. Ran a speed test and got 30mb/s download!!!! Love it Wondering if anyone else in Cincinnati , Ohio or Northern Kentucky are seeing LTE for the first time?
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Got it last night while leaving work in Milford and had it all the way home in Norwood and then back to work but it reverted back about 2 hours ago. (wait now that I'm typing this i notice its back up ) Couple of nerd friends in the area posted about it on FB too I can't tell the real speed cause the damn gallery downloaded 2 gb of data and ran me over my 5GB. Speaking of which does anyone have any idea how to get around that?

The signal is still going strong in Fields Ertel!

Its pretty nice, my phone has faster speeds then my home net lol 25mb/s vs 30-40mb/s on LTE

I'm in Clifton right now.
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LTE Speeds?

I'm just outside of Raleigh, NC, and these are my speeds to the server at Duke.
These seem slow compared to my Droid RAZR. Is it because of the metal back?
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22 is slow? I think not.
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Def not the phone this is in south eastern iowa
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Ping times aren't usually that high. Mostly in the 60-70's.
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22 is slow? I think not.
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"...compared to my droid razr." He didn't say it was slow in general.
OP, I've noticed a decrease in speed with my One, compared to other phones from what I remember (it's been a while since I've done a speed test with another phone), however it could be that more and more people are getting LTE capable phones at a fast pace, which can result in slower speeds. Network congestion and whatnot.

Dang... Those are pretty good speeds. I'm in the mountains outside of Seattle. Used to be a lot faster until all the damn neighbors got 4g phones!
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One thing I learned is speed test is never accurate and you will constantly see the network in many areas the lte speeds are never constant. Where I live my speeds has been 12 best and that's with the bolt, rezound, and one. So to many variables to say its the phone but I have seen the gnex suffer with speeds. I would ask if the op right after testing the one did he run it on his droid?
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Speed tests are pretty accurate. Just depends on congestion. Seattle has a greater pop. than Raleigh which has a greater pop. than SE Iowa and the speeds are inversely proportional to that. I just pulled 30mbps in KC but its also 5:35 am. During the day I can only get around 17mbps.
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I get about 8 down max around west gate road, near RDU in Raleigh.

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I get about 8 down max around west gate road, near RDU in Raleigh.
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I live over around North Raleigh/Wake Forest. Interesting to hear the speed difference on the opposite side of the city.

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I live over around North Raleigh/Wake Forest. Interesting to hear the speed difference on the opposite side of the city.
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I live in far up north raleigh, near Falls Lake. At home I usually get around 6-8 down. 4G is really not that great where I live.

You think that's slow? Heh, good thing you don't live in the northeast. The 4G network has gone to crap here from Washington DC all the way to Boston. There are places where you can hit below 1 Mbps, or worse, completely unusable during the daytime. I can only get 20 when I'm either standing below a tower or in the middle of a cornfield out west.
Even Verizon admits it's getting really bad in large cities.

I just tested mine. I live in Sussex County, NJ, which is in the sticks.
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This is mine from yesterday near my work. But at home I just pulled a 9.5mbps down and 3mbps up.
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It's all the iPhone losers sucking our bandwidth for Facebook!

My results from around queens NY
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I get about 22 down 12 up in San Diego, down by the border.

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My results from around queens NY
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I get that in Jamaica around the Van Wyck too. Otherwise, I'm usually anywhere from 10 to 20.
Have you tried in the city? Speed are atrocious there.

i get around 9 down near the dc area. 6 down in my house